3804 - Lovis Corinth, “Wildbach”

Lovis Corinth, “Wildbach” a mountain stream flowing between rocks, from “Swiss Landscapes”, catalogue raisonné Müller 795, colour lithograph, 1923, signed “Lovis Corinth” in lead below the image on the right, minimal signs of ageing, framed with a passe-partout and behind glass, image dimensions approx. 15.5 x 18 cm. Artist information: born Franz Heinrich Louis Corinth, a significant German painter, lithographer and etcher (1858 Tapiau, East Prussia - 1925 Zandvoort), studied at the Königsberg Academy under Otto Günther and, from 1880, at the Munich Academy under Franz von Defregger and Ludwig von Loefftz; influenced by Wilhelm Trübner; trained as an etcher by Otto Eckmann; later in Paris under Bouguereau; alongside Max Liebermann and Max Slevogt, a key member of the Berlin Secession; awarded the title of professor by the Berlin Academy of Arts in 1918; awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Königsberg in 1921; worked in Berlin and Urfeld on Lake Walchensee; sources: Thieme-Becker, Vollmer, the Munich Academy’s register and the internet.